It’s Time for Politicians to Seriously Look at the Problems Surrounding PolyMet (A Petition)

Minnesota is a state where government ought to be as clear and transparent as the lakes in the Boundary Waters. Openness and accountability should be welcomed and expected.

Why then, is Minnesota okay with allowing PolyMet build a dangerous type of tailings dam that has killed hundreds and been banned in multiple countries? (Watch the video below.)

Why has the state allowed Glencore, the notorious Swiss-based corporation that owns a majority of PolyMet, to evade responsibility by not putting its name on any permit? This will make it easy for them to evade legal and financial liability in case of an accident.

In numerous court filings, news reports and whistleblower complaints, it has become abundantly clear that PolyMet’s permitting process was irregular and Minnesota’s agencies often bowed to political pressures and ignored red flags.

There are real problems, and they won’t go away by ignoring them.

We need answers.

We need legislative hearings into PolyMet’s permitting process.

Sign the petition. The stakes are too high. This is our land, our water. Why have some been so eager to give it up to a foreign mining company?